HR 127 - Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act

HR 127 was introduced by Jackson Lee from Texas on January 4th, 2021. Here are some highlights and a link to the document so you can read all 19 pages for yourself, if you'd like.

Registration: A federal system of tracking possession and licensing of firearms will be maintained by the ATF. Not all states require registration of firearms at this time.

Location: Gun owners must provide all firearm info to the ATF as well as where the firearm will be stored. Am I supposed to call them every time I move it? Like, during the day it's on my person, at night it's by the bed? If I get up to go to the kitchen in the middle of the night and take it with me, do I have to call and report that too? 

Access to Data: This information will be housed in a database "accessible to all members of the public" as well as law enforcement, the government, etc. This I have a serious issue with. If this passes, you can bet your sweet ass that I will NEVER follow these guidelines. Not a chance in hell am I going to allow my personal information to be in a public database along with all the guns that I own and where I keep them. That's just asking for criminals to break in or attack you.

Insurance: Owners will be required to carry firearm insurance at the cost of around $800 a year. No mention of what this insurance has to cover but that's more than car insurance, in some cases. That better cover me getting sued if I have to shoot someone.

Overall, another poor attempt to curb gun violence that is way off the mark. All this will do is turn law abiding gun owners into criminals and open up way more personal gun sales that are off the record to avoid being tracked.

Stop the cycle, save the children

The fact that we keep seeing stories of young people committing heinous crimes is a sad sign of the future of our country. What's the answer? It's not going to happen overnight but everyone needs to step up and do something in their own lives to stop the cycle.

I'm sure many folks won't like my thoughts on this and I don't care. I'm at that age where I'm going to say my piece and if you don't like it, you're free to move on and do your own thing. But, if you are guilty of any of these "behaviors", you may be part of the problem.

• Stop glamorizing celebrities, crime & promiscuity.
• Teach kids personal responsibility.
• Single motherhood is not something to be promoted.
• Don't let your kids grow up believing they are victims.

Crime & promiscuity is not something to be celebrated. Far too many folks idolize these celebrities that show rampant crime & sexual activity in their videos and expect that their kids won't grow up thinking that is normal. It should NOT be normal. Having children out of wedlock with multiple people should NOT be normal. Robbing people and shooting guns all over town should NOT be normal or accepted behavior.

We need to stop raising our kids to believe that they are doomed to failure just because of their current situation. It's a struggle to get out of a bad situation but it can be done if you try and stop blaming others for your shortcomings. Make sure your kids understand that they are not entitled to anything. That hard work is what gets you forward in life. That being kind to others is not a weakness. That the government is not there to take care of you.

Being a single mother is difficult. I've been a single mother for 18+ years but I only had one child and I don't consider myself a super hero. Yes, some women find themselves in this situation due to no fault of their own and they do their best. It's awesome to support them. However, if you're a single mother with multiple children, by different fathers, you did that to yourself. If you got pregnant once and weren't smart enough to figure out how that happened and take steps to avoid it, I have no empathy for you. I know there may be extenuating circumstances for some but I'm willing to bet that a good portion of women in this position are there due to their own personal choices, or lack of planning. Again, take responsibility for your own life and stop blaming your failures on everyone else.

Stop telling your kids that, just because you struggled as a child and an adult, that they are doomed to follow the same path. If you really want your kids to succeed, instill in them better behaviors. Don't play the victim yourself. Make them take responsibility for their own actions. Make sure they understand what hard work is. Be involved in their relationships with others and make sure they aren't falling in with the wrong crowd. Raise your children and don't depend on the people around you to do it. If you have children, they are your responsibility. If you continue to allow them to be a victim and blame others for their actions, YOU are the problem with the state of our country. 

Far too many people are being raised without the ability to think for themselves. They only follow what others tell them to do and believe. They can't think form their own thoughts or opinions. The fact that this has become a rampant problem is clear in the sheer # of people that have voted for the party that clearly wants socialism to take over the United States. They have no idea what that would really mean for our country. We have to stop this cycle and get our kids on the right path, before they grow up and destroy our country.

A disappointing realization

I haven't been on facebook for several weeks. Too much depressing garbage leading up to the election and I didn't want to deal with it. Today, I went on to check out what was happening and catch up on pics of my baby nephew when I came across a post that irked me.

A friend, that I knew was on the opposite end of the political spectrum, has been much more active during the days since the election. That's fine, everyone is entitled to their own opinions but the things that this person posted were so easily debunked that I have to wonder if they are really as intelligent as I used to think.

Posts and memes that confirm for me that they are just like so many others who refuse to do any research into the facts behind their posts and simply post because it gets them attention. In addition, almost every single post referenced race in some way. And I would never say this person is racist but I have to wonder where their true feelings lie when that's all that they can seem to talk about?

This person exhibited many of the characteristics that I find abhorrent in the liberals of today.

* Inability to research or accept facts
* Constant reference to race instead of the true merits of the person in question
* Intolerance of anyone with differing opinions

And why aren't liberals bragging about all the plans & policies that Joe & Kamala have? Seems all they can focus on is that she is black & female. Sure doesn't seem like the right qualifications to run the country to me.

How do we know people didn't vote twice?

 So, people mailed in ballots early but some precincts didn't start counting them until the day/night of the election. So, how do we know that people with mail in ballots didn't also stop at their polling place and cast their vote again on Tuesday because they didn't see their ballot accepted online when they checked? Do the ballot counters have a way to check that there aren't multiple votes on file for the same person?

Since they clearly can't tell if someone is dead or alive, I'm guessing they are doing nothing to verify that people didn't vote more than once via different methods. I'm very curious how this all works in each state because we know the processes are not the same across the board.

We need a standard process. If I can file my taxes online, then why can't I vote online? Make me register before each election and give me a specific code that I have to enter in order to vote online. Require my ID # as well as my SSN so you can flag anything that are logged more than once.

There has to be a way to secure this process, otherwise it's just a freaking joke and waste of time!

2020 Election Mayhem

Instagram is full of videos and posts of people that appear to be committing election fraud. From throwing out ballets to changing votes to accepting ballots from people that are deceased. How do we weed out this garbage and get to the truth?

In Detroit, there is video of poll workers clapping as republican observers are removed while they count absentee ballots. According to this document, Michigan allows poll observation by anyone as it's an "open process" so why would anyone be removed from the premises?

Democrats are suing in Pennsylvania to stop poll watchers while ballots are counted. And that's not the only location. Can you tell me why they would care if someone stands around and watches if they have nothing to hide?

There are reports of precincts counting more votes than they even have as registered voters. Now, I'm not a math whiz but, even I know that makes no sense. Videos showing confirmation of an absentee ballot being accepted for a man that died in 1984. How is that possible?

Over 100,000+ ballots were "found" overnight in one precinct and they were all for Biden. Now, since I'm not a statistician, I don't know the probability of that actually happening but I'm gonna guess, unless there was something fishy going on, there's no way every single ballot would be for the same candidate. I'd feel the same way no matter who those ballots were for.

So many things don't make sense during this election cycle. If nothing else good comes of this, I hope that these questionable behaviors bring to light how horrid and archaic our system is and that changes are made to ensure better tracking and accuracy in future. 

I have to say, it doesn't make sense to me that the man that has drown thousands of supporters to rallies, even when he wasn't there, would have such a low count in the votes. And you're seriously telling me that Biden got more votes than Obama did when he was running? Yeah, I find that hard to believe.

At this point, there are only 3 options to explain what is happening right now.

1. There is some serious fraud going on

2. Way more people are idiots in the US than I originally thought

3. Not all Trump supporters actually voted.

Now matter which reason is behind this mess, I'm seriously disappointed in the entire country right now.